State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: Tim Hickmann (Deputy Chief, Wildlife Resources)
Organization: IL Department of Conservation
State: IL
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAMETim Hickman
TITLE Deputy Chief, Wildlife Resources
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION IL Department of Conservation
ADDRESS524 S 2nd St
CITY, STATE, ZIP Springfield, IL 62701-1787
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (217)782-6384
     Fax:
EMAIL/FTP/WWW 
  http://dnr.state.il.us
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) Illinois Department of Conservation
DATABASE NAMEsee contact information
DATABASE ACRONYMS 
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Illinois DNR has a home page (http://dnr.state.il.us) housing all types of information, including Illinois flora and fauna. However, we do not have a comprehensive, automated database. Review the homepage for more information.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
 
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
 
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS: 
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No):  
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
 
 
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
 
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?: 
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
 
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):
 
Illinois
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
     
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
  Illinois  
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
 
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
 
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
 
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
 
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
 
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
 
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
 
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
 
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Bill Pierce
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.state.il.us
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
On-line/Internet.
Other; see comments.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
Illinois DNR has a home page housing all types of information, including Illinois flora and fauna. However, it is not a comprehensive database.
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
 
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: